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Human rights activist �forced to flee DRC� over child cobalt mining lawsuit
This worksheet references an article from the Guardian about an activist who helped with a lawsuit against tech companies alleging child exploitation in cobalt mining.
Level: advanced
Age: 16-100
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Downloads: 27
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Toy Pianos
I�ve made a worksheet to accompany an extract from a recent article "How toy pianos went from child�s play into classical concert halls".
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-100
Type:
Downloads: 8
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Texas Renaissance Festival 2020
The Texas Renaissance Festival started in 1974 on the location of an old strip mining site. The festival claims to be North America�s largest Renaissance theme park. In 2020, the festival has had to make some changes, due to COVID 19.
Level: intermediate
Age: 18-100
Type:
Downloads: 9
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An electric car that can do 750 miles per charge?!
A news article about a new super-efficient electric car concept, the Vision EQXX, which will apparently be capable of more than 750 miles of range on a single charge. Let�s see if this becomes reality, and if so, when!
Level: intermediate
Age: 18-100
Type:
Downloads: 21
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The Company With a $70,000 Minimum Salary
Dan Price is founder and CEO of Gravity Payments, a credit card processing and technology company. In 2015, Price announced that employees would begin receiving a $70,000 minimum annual salary and that he would take a massive cut to his million dollar salary to make that happen. This is a short article about how that has worked out, with vocabulary...
Level: advanced
Age: 16-100
Type:
Downloads: 20
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Student Climate Strikes in Australia
On the 25th of September thousands of school students across Australia took part in protests. They did this because they are worried about the future; they want politicians to take real and immediate action toward renewables, rather than fossil fuels. The movement is called School Strike 4 Climate Australia (SS4C) but it�s part of a global moveme...
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-100
Type:
Downloads: 17
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Lonely - Joel Corry
This should hopefully be a quick and fun �fill the gap� activity, possibly useful as a warmer.
Level: elementary
Age: 12-100
Type:
Downloads: 6
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The Free Boutique
A short reading, excerpted from a recent news article �It sounds like a little thing but it�s powerful�: the new Sydney boutique where everything is free.
There are multiple choice questions to test comprehension and an exercise for matching words and definitions.
Answers are included!
Level: intermediate
Age: 13-100
Type:
Downloads: 21
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Bletchley Park
A museum in Britain is firing many of their staff due to the economic impact of COVID-19. A short worksheet, with answers.
Level: intermediate
Age: 13-100
Type:
Downloads: 17
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The burkini raises debate in Egypt
I�ve taken an extract from a recent news article about a woman who was berated by other Muslim women for wearing a burkini at the swimming pool of a resort in Egypt. As is usual with my worksheets, I�ve included a vocabulary exercise and a comprehension exercise. I hope this is useful to someone!
Level: intermediate
Age: 18-100
Type:
Downloads: 16
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